Companies promoted their global footprints as insurance against regional disruptions, but recent events have exposed limitations to geography alone. We’re witnessing a realization that manufacturing ...

In the electronics manufacturing services industry, having capacity and capability across multiple geographies is increasingly valuable, and in many cases even essential. Here’s the why, the what, and ...

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For decades, driving lower costs has trumped everything in manufacturing. To be competitive, a manufacturer's cost profile had to be amazing. Speed and quality came in second – they had to be good, of ...

Experts say quality, AI and resilient supply chains are critical for India’s manufacturing ambitions despite global ...

Americans often take for granted the relationship between our high living standards and our remarkable manufacturing sector. Take a look around you right now -- you live in a world filled with ...

Lean manufacturing is an inventory-management and manufacturing strategy that companies implement to reduce costs, increase productivity and gain a competitive advantage. The techniques lean ...

Competitive advantage seems like a simple idea – it’s the quality that allows you to outperform your rivals. But sometimes the nature of competitive advantage surprises us. In e-commerce, logistics ...

I'm not sure when or why it happened, but too many public-policy and manufacturing leaders view factories and production workers as costs to be cut, rather than as sources of competitive advantage to ...

Foreign trade took a beating at both major party conventions, with speakers blaming free-trade agreements for all but wiping out U.S. manufacturing and eliminating millions of middle-class jobs. Both ...

There was a time when the “Made in America” emblem evoked high-quality manufacturing, competitive pricing and superiority in the international marketplace. Up until the 1990s, we witnessed challengers ...